Vala's Pumpkin Patch & Apple Orchard

Our take

The short version

Vala’s Pumpkin Patch & Apple Orchard, in Gretna in Sarpy County, is the largest and most commercialized of the Omaha-area apple-and-pumpkin operations covered in this research — a roughly 400-acre property built around more than 50 attractions, of which apple picking is just one piece. That scale comes at a real cost: general admission alone runs from $26.99 on weekdays up to $45.99 on weekends, before you’ve paid anything for the apples themselves.

Understand what you’re actually paying for

This is the single most important thing to know before visiting Vala’s: the admission price is a grounds fee for access to the broader attraction — not a bundled apple-picking package. You-pick apples are priced separately, by bag or bucket, at an amount not posted in the sources available for this record. Anyone budgeting a trip here should plan for admission plus apples as two separate line items, not one all-inclusive price.

A steep weekday-to-weekend price jump

The tiered pricing here is worth calling out specifically: $26.99 per person Monday through Thursday, jumping to $45.99 Friday through Sunday — nearly double. A modest additional discount applies for buying online in advance rather than paying in person. That gap strongly suggests weekends are considerably busier, and it gives budget-conscious or crowd-averse visitors a clear incentive to plan a weekday trip instead.

Reported 2026 dates, with an honest caveat

Search-indexed summaries of Vala’s own ticket page put the 2026 season running September 4 through November 1, with hours extending to 9pm most nights and 10pm on Friday and Saturday. That’s a specific, useful range — but because direct attempts to load valaspumpkinpatch.com for this record returned only truncated content, these dates weren’t confirmed by reading the orchard’s own page in full. Treat them as a strong, likely-accurate estimate rather than a page you could screenshot yourself.

Scale over specificity

Because Vala’s positions itself as a broad agritourism destination rather than a dedicated apple orchard, some of the apple-specific details other, smaller orchards in this research provide — named varieties, per-pound pricing — simply aren’t as readily available here. What is clear is the sheer scale: 400 acres and 50-plus attractions is a different category of operation than most of the smaller farms covered in this project, more theme-park-adjacent than farm stand.

Getting there

Vala’s Pumpkin Patch & Apple Orchard is at 12102 S 180th St in Gretna, in Sarpy County’s Omaha area. The coordinates on file are Gretna city-center estimates rather than a geocode of the S 180th St address.

Bottom line

Vala’s is the right choice for a family wanting a full day of activities beyond apple picking — but it’s the most expensive entry in this entire research project, with admission and apple-picking costs stacked separately rather than bundled. Given that the specific dates and prices here couldn’t be confirmed by reading the orchard’s own site directly, a quick check of valaspumpkinpatch.com or a call closer to your visit is worth the extra step before committing to this pricier option.